Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Sano

Hiroshi Sano has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250085507
    Abstract: A mirror device includes: a mirror that includes a main body having a reflective surface that reflects display light and a rotation shaft protruding from a side wall of the main body; a motor that includes an output shaft disposed on a rotation axis of the rotation shaft; and a power transmission member that transmits a driving force of the motor to the rotation shaft, in which first assembling portions and to be fitted to each other in a direction along the rotation axis at positions adjacent to the rotation shaft are formed at the power transmission member and the mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Yuki Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Naoto Tsubakihara, Hiroshi Sano, Keita Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20250071958
    Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a housing mounted on a vehicle, an image display device provided in a housing section of the housing, and a heat sink provided at a position to contact the image display device, in which the housing has an opening that is open upward, the heat sink is attached at a position to separate the housing section and the opening from each other in the housing, and has a heat dissipation surface exposed from the housing through the opening, and a discharging flow path for discharging a liquid that has entered the opening to the outside of the housing is formed on the heat dissipation surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Yuki Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Naoto Tsubakihara, Hiroshi Sano, Takahiro Osawa
  • Publication number: 20240375515
    Abstract: There are a display unit and a vehicular display device. The display unit emits a display image including display light to be projected onto a projection target member provided in a vehicle. The display unit includes: a lens including a lens body and a first support portion protruding from an edge portion of the lens body; and a case that has a space configured to accommodate the first support portion and holds the lens by fitting the first support portion into the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Akira Yamanaka, Hiroshi Sano, Takuya Ishigami, Takayuki Mizushima
  • Publication number: 20240377675
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a light source, a display unit in a plate shape including a display area on which light emitted by the light source is focused, a heat dissipation portion in a plate shape arranged on one side or another side in a plate thickness direction of the display unit, a housing containing the display unit and the heat dissipation portion, a first fixing portion provided on the housing to sandwich and fix the display unit and the heat dissipation portion in a plane extension direction intersecting the plate thickness direction, and a second fixing portion that limits displacement of the display unit and the heat dissipation portion by collectively pressing the display unit and the heat dissipation portion in the plate thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki MIYOSHI, Yasuhiro KATSUMATA, Akira YAMANAKA, Hiroshi SANO, Takuya ISHIGAMI, Takahiro OSAWA
  • Publication number: 20240377630
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicular display device including: a display unit configured to emit a display image including display light and projected onto a projection target member provided in a vehicle; a first optical component configured to reflect the display light emitted from the display unit; a first case having a space configured to accommodate the first optical component; and a second case configured to press the first optical component accommodated in the space against the first case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Akira Yamanaka, Hiroshi Sano, Takahiro Osawa, Tetsuya Suganuma, Yu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20240377631
    Abstract: There are provided a display unit and a vehicular display device. The display unit is mounted on a vehicular display device and emits a display image including display light to be projected onto a projection target member provided outside the vehicular display device. The display unit includes: a display panel configured to display the display image based on light from a light source; a case that supports the display panel; and a heat dissipation member configured to dissipate heat accumulated in the display unit. A shield case of the case and the heat dissipation member are connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Akira Yamanaka, Hiroshi Sano, Tetsuya Suganuma, Yu Kobayashi, Naoto Tsubakihara
  • Publication number: 20240308341
    Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a housing that includes an opening and a first wall, in which the housing is attached to a vehicle in an orientation in which the opening faces an upper side in a vertical direction of the vehicle, and the first wall faces a rear side in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, an image display device, and a transparent cover. The first wall includes a pinch part pinched by one hand of an operator. The pinch part includes a first recessed portion and a second recessed portion, which are spaced apart from each other. The first recessed portion is recessed toward the second recessed portion. The second recessed portion is recessed toward the first recessed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Akira Yamanaka, Hiroshi Sano, Yoshihide Takada, Takahiro Osawa, Tetsuya Suganuma, Yu Kobayashi, Makoto Fujii, Koichi Kase, Shuhei Yamaguchi, Tadashi Okubo, Ryosuke Tsuchite
  • Publication number: 20240126076
    Abstract: A head-up display device includes: an indicator dimmed by duty ratio control and configured to emit display light; a mirror member rotatable about a rotation shaft and configured to reflect the display light from the indicator to project a display image; a control unit configured to control the dimming of the indicator and the rotation of the mirror member; and a temperature sensor configured to output a signal corresponding to an ambient temperature around the indicator. The control unit includes: a temperature prediction unit configured to predict a temperature of the indicator, and a failure avoidance unit configured to execute lowering an upper limit of the duty ratio or rotation control of the mirror member for reducing the amount of sunlight that enters the indicator through the mirror member when the predicted temperature of the indicator is greater than or equal to a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yusuke Sugiura, Akira Yamanaka, Yuta Miyake, Naohisa Murata, Hiroshi Sano
  • Publication number: 20240111166
    Abstract: A mirror device includes a mirror including a main body portion having a reflection surface that reflects display light, and a rotating shaft protruding from a first side wall of the main body portion, and a driving member that includes a motor including an output shaft arranged parallel to the rotating shaft, and neighboring the rotating shaft in a direction orthogonal to a rotation axis line of the rotating shaft, a first gear portion coupled to the output shaft, and a second gear portion engaged with the first gear portion, and coupled to the rotating shaft, and rotates the mirror by transmitting rotation of the output shaft of the motor to the rotating shaft via the first gear portion and the second gear portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Akira Yamanaka, Naoto Tsubakihara, Hiroshi Sano, Tetsuya Suganuma, Masaaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20240111128
    Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a housing including an opening, an image display device that outputs display light of an image, and a mirror that includes a main body including a reflective surface that reflects the display light toward the opening and is rotatable around a rotation axis. The mirror includes a first and a second ribs that extend along a first direction, and face each other in a second direction. The first rib is formed as a rib closest to a side of the upper end on the back surface, the second rib is formed as a rib closest to a side of the lower end on the back surface, and a central region between the first and the second ribs on the back surface is formed as a flat curved surface, at least a part of which extends from the first rib to the second rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Akira Yamanaka, Tetsuya Suganuma, Hiroshi Sano
  • Patent number: 11676760
    Abstract: A method for producing a coil for electric apparatus of the present invention is the method for producing a coil for electric apparatus for cutting spirally a block-shaped workpiece formed with a cylindrical portion corresponding to the coil in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion, the spiral coil is formed by turning a cutting means while moving it relatively to the workpiece from a part corresponding to one end of the coil to a part corresponding the other end of the coil along a machining line spirally set in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion. According to the invention, since the coil is formed by cutting the continuous cutting machining plane without generating a step in design from the block-shaped workpiece formed with a cylindrical portion corresponding to the coil using a wire-tool etc., it is possible to constitute a high-quality coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: FUKUI PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENT
    Inventors: Yoshinori Sasaki, Masaki Hashimoto, Taiki Tanaka, Hiroshi Sano, Yuichi Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11365193
    Abstract: This fungicide for agricultural and horticultural use includes a compound represented by formula (I) (in the formula, X represents a halogen group, or the like; n represents any integer of 0 to 4; when n is 2 or more, X may be the same or different; L represents a single bond or a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkylene group; Q is a group represented by formula (Q-1) or formula (Q-2) (in the formulae, * represents a binding site; Y1 is N or CR1; Y2 is N or CR2; Y3 is N or CR3; Y4 is N or CR4, at least two of Y1 to Y4 are not nitrogen atoms; R1, R2, R3, and R4, each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl group, or the like; R represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl group or the like; G represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkylene group; T represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkylene group; Y5 is N or CH)) or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Iwata, Yuka Nakamura, Tsukiho Hayashi, Shinya Watanabe, Hiroshi Sano
  • Publication number: 20220142165
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) (in the formula (I), R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl group or the like, R2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl group, R3 represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkoxycarbonyl group or the like, Y represents an oxygen atom or NH, A1 represents a sulfur atom, an oxygen atom, or NR4, R4 represents a C1-6 alkyl group, A2 is a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, X represents a substituent, n represents the chemically acceptable number of X, and is an integer of 0 to 3, and, when n is 2 or more, X may be identical to or different from each other), or a salt thereof is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya KOUBORI, Syuichi ITO, Tetsuo TAMAI, Hiroaki KOYAMA, Tatsuhiro KAWASAKI, Takayuki FUJII, Shigeki NISHINO, Shinya WATANABE, Hideki KATO, Mikiko KUNISHIMA, Shinya UESUSUKI, Juri NOMURA, Hiroshi SANO, Tomoyuki SAIGA
  • Patent number: 11283340
    Abstract: A coil assembly in which a slack can be formed in a coil wire without increasing assembly cost, and a stepping motor using the same, are provided; the coil assembly includes a bobbin 232 having flange portions 233 and 234 at both ends thereof, multiple terminal pin embedding portions 235a arranged at one flange portion 234, a terminal pin 236 embedded in the terminal pin embedding portion 235a, and a coil 231 of which an end portion of coil wire 237 is entwined around the terminal pin 236, the coil wire 237 wound around the bobbin 232, in which a concave portion 238 which concaves to a radial direction of the bobbin 232 and penetrates to an axial direction of the bobbin 232 is formed between the terminal pin embedding portions 235a, the coil wire 237 exists from a base portion of the terminal pin 236, passes through the concave portion 238, started to be wound around the bobbin 232, and has a slack portion 237a which exists in the concave portion 238.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Hiroichi Shibata, Taketoshi Ohyashiki, Hiroshi Sano, Makoto Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20210403461
    Abstract: This fungicide for agricultural and horticultural use includes a compound represented by formula (I) (in the formula, X represents a halogen group, or the like; n represents any integer of 0 to 4; when n is 2 or more, X may be the same or different; L represents a single bond or a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkylene group; Q is a group represented by formula (Q-1) or formula (Q-2) (in the formulae, * represents a binding site; Y1 is N or CR1; Y2 is N or CR2; Y3 is N or CR3; Y4 is N or CR4, at least two of Y1 to Y4 are not nitrogen atoms; R1, R2, R3, and R4, each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl group, or the like; R represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl group or the like; G represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkylene group; T represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkylene group; Y5 is N or CH)) or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Jun IWATA, Yuka NAKAMURA, Tsukiho HAYASHI, Shinya WATANABE, HIroshi SANO
  • Publication number: 20210057151
    Abstract: A method for producing a coil for electric apparatus of the present invention is the method for producing a coil for electric apparatus for cutting spirally a block-shaped workpiece formed with a cylindrical portion corresponding to the coil in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion, the spiral coil is formed by turning a cutting means while moving it relatively to the workpiece from a part corresponding to one end of the coil to a part corresponding the other end of the coil along a machining line spirally set in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion. According to the invention, since the coil is formed by cutting the continuous cutting machining plane without generating a step in design from the block-shaped workpiece formed with a cylindrical portion corresponding to the coil using a wire-tool etc., it is possible to constitute a high-quality coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: FUKUI PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENT
    Inventors: Yoshinori SASAKI, Masaki HASHIMOTO, Taiki TANAKA, Hiroshi SANO, Yuichi HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210044195
    Abstract: A coil assembly in which a slack can be formed in a coil wire without increasing assembly cost, and a stepping motor using the same, are provided; the coil assembly includes a bobbin 232 having flange portions 233 and 234 at both ends thereof, multiple terminal pin embedding portions 235a arranged at one flange portion 234, a terminal pin 236 embedded in the terminal pin embedding portion 235a, and a coil 231 of which an end portion of coil wire 237 is entwined around the terminal pin 236, the coil wire 237 wound around the bobbin 232, in which a concave portion 238 which concaves to a radial direction of the bobbin 232 and penetrates to an axial direction of the bobbin 232 is formed between the terminal pin embedding portions 235a, the coil wire 237 exists from a base portion of the terminal pin 236, passes through the concave portion 238, started to be wound around the bobbin 232, and has a slack portion 237a which exists in the concave portion 238.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroichi SHIBATA, Taketoshi OHYASHIKI, Hiroshi SANO, Makoto KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20200275661
    Abstract: A compound represented by a formula (II), an N-oxide compound, or a salt thereof: wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl group, or a halogeno group; R2 is a substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 6-membered heteroaryl group; R3 is a substituted or unsubstituted C6-10 aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 10-membered heteroaryl group; Y is an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, or a sulfur atom; A1, A2, A3 and A4 are each independently a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, provided that two or more of A1 to A4 do not represent nitrogen atoms at the same time; X is a substituent; n represents the number of chemically acceptable substituents represented by X, and is any one of integers of 0 to 5; and when n is 2 or more, the substituents X may be the same or different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo TAMAI, Syuichi ITO, Shinya KOUBORI, Takayuki FUJII, Shigeki NISHINO, Shinya WATANABE, Hideki KATO, Yasuhiro MIYASHITA, Satoshi MAKINO, Juri NOMURA, Mikiko KUNISHIMA, Tatsuhiro KAWASAKI, Hiroshi SANO
  • Patent number: 10665481
    Abstract: An upper processing liquid nozzle moves back and forth between a processing position above a substrate held on a spin chuck and a standby position outside a processing cup. Before a processing liquid is discharged from the upper processing liquid nozzle having moved to the processing position, a camera takes a discharge standard image of an imaging region including the tip of the upper processing liquid nozzle. Then, multiple monitor target images of the imaging region taken successively by the camera are compared sequentially to the discharge standard image to determine discharge of a processing liquid from the upper processing liquid nozzle. The discharge standard image is obtained for each process on a new target substrate. This eliminates influence of a substrate surface to appear as a background both of the monitor target image and the discharge standard image. Thus, discharge of a processing liquid can be detected reliably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sano, Hiroaki Kakuma
  • Patent number: 10242459
    Abstract: With regard to an inspection region for inspecting abnormality of a holding state of the substrate in an image of the substrate holding unit, (1) an upper end surface of the substrate being normally held by the substrate holding unit is confirmed, (2) based on a position of the upper end surface of the substrate that has been confirmed, a position of the inspection region in a vertical direction is determined, and (3) for a candidate of the inspection region of which the position in the vertical direction has been determined, density thereof at a rotation start time of the substrate holding unit is obtained, a horizontal position of the inspection region is determined based on a difference image integrated value, which is an integrated value of a difference absolute value with density of the same region in an initial state of the substrate holding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Sano